{"id":10761,"date":"2021-09-23T16:50:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T23:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/?p=10761"},"modified":"2021-09-28T07:40:53","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T14:40:53","slug":"tiny-indigo-harvest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/2021\/09\/tiny-indigo-harvest\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiny indigo harvest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was feeling embarrassed about my neglected dye garden and was continuing to ignore it. But an Instagram account I follow posted about her experiments dyeing little pieces of cloth with a small amount of indigo leaf and salt. The &#8220;salt rub method&#8221; can be looked up online. It&#8217;s easy. I harvested all but a few stalks of indigo, leaving a few with blooms that might set seed. This gave me enough to dye a small strip of organza a moody blue. I also dyed a bandaid that I happened to have on my finger from an incident with a super-sharp chef&#8217;s knife. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_3516.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_3516.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_3516-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>My indigo harvest 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_3517.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10756\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_3517.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_3517-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>26 grams of leaf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_3518.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_3518.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_3518-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>Salt rub method in progress. The leaves are overly dry, not much juice here. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_3519.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_3519.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_3519-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_3519-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_3519-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_3519-320x320.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>Dyed bandaid<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_3520.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_3520.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_3520-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_3520-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_3520-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_3520-320x320.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>Dyed silk organza strip<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was feeling embarrassed about my neglected dye garden and was continuing to ignore it. 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